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20120137790 | TORQUE DETECTOR - A torque detector includes an output body, an input body adapted to permit a torque to be applied thereto, a torque beam unit, and a detecting unit disposed between the input and output bodies for converting a relative rotation of the input and output bodies into an electric signal. The torque beam unit includes a shaft, at least one flexible first beam extending radially and outwardly from the shaft and having a proximate end portion connected to the shaft, and a distal end portion connected to and co-rotatable with the output body, and at least one second flexible beam extending radially and outwardly from the shaft in a direction different from that of the first beam and having a proximate end portion connected to the shaft, and a distal end portion connected to and co-rotatable with the input body. | 06-07-2012 |
20130160569 | TORQUE SENSOR - A torque sensor includes a driving rod, a driving body connected fixedly to the driving rod, and a driving block extending from the driving body and having two opposite pushing surfaces, a driven body permitting the driving body to rotate relative thereto as a result of application of a torque to the driving rod, a driven rod extending from the driven body, and a block-receiving groove formed in the driven body. A first measuring module is connected to the driving block. A second measuring module is connected to the driven body, and cooperates with the first measuring module so as to measure the torque. Two resilient members flank the driving block. Each of the resilient members is disposed between and abuts against the corresponding pushing surface and the driven body. | 06-27-2013 |
20130332031 | STIMULUS-BASED STEERING SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A stimulus-based steering sensor device and a method for the same are disclosed. The sensor device comprises at least one driving wheel, a processor, two driven wheels, and two resolvers. The processor generates a stimulus signal and has a signal-angle lookup table. The driving wheel contacts two driven wheels. When following the rotation of a steering column, the driving wheel drives two driven wheels to rotate at different speeds. Two resolvers connect with the processor, respectively engage with two driven wheels, receive the stimulus signal, and respectively output two first sinusoidal signals to the processor according to the rotational speeds of two driven wheels. The processor analyzes two first sinusoidal signals to obtain two second sinusoidal signals having different periods, and uses the second sinusoidal signals and the signal-angle lookup table to obtain a first absolute angle value of the rotation of the steering wheel. | 12-12-2013 |
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20100242551 | PADLOCK WITH INDICATION DEVICE - A padlock includes a housing, a shackle, a limit knob, a movable block and a lock core. The housing has an opening in a wall thereof. The shackle has a shaft portion movably mounted in the housing, and a locking portion extended from the shaft portion and located outside of the housing. The limit knob is partly received in the housing via the opening and has a button located outside of the housing. The movable block is disposed on the limit knob and capable of moving to a predetermined position which is outside of the housing. The lock core has a rotor configured to be driven by a key so as to move the limit knob to a first position where the button of the limit knob keeps the shackle from rotating and a second position where the button of the limit knob allows the shackle to rotate. | 09-30-2010 |
20100307204 | LOCK ASSEMBLY WITH DETACHABLE PARTS - A lock assembly includes a first lock unit and a second lock unit. The first lock unit includes a first housing and a first locking mechanism disposed in the first housing. The first housing has a receiving hole. The first locking mechanism is configured to be set either in a locking state or in an unlocking state. The second lock unit includes a second housing and a shackle disposed on the second housing. The second housing has a head and a body which is connected with the head and presented to be wedged into the receiving hole of the first housing. Additionally, the first locking mechanism is configured to lock or release the body of the second housing in or from the receiving hole of the first housing when the body is received in the receiving hole. | 12-09-2010 |
20110289988 | LOCK HAVING AN INDICATORY LOCK CORE - A lock includes a housing and a key-operated lock core mounted on the housing. The key-operated lock core has a spindle with a keyhole defined therein. The spindle is movable between an original position where the spindle is allowed to be rotated with respect to the housing to put the lock in a locked or unlocked state, and an indicative position where the spindle is also allowed to be rotated to put the lock in the locked or unlocked state. | 12-01-2011 |
20120011903 | DUAL-LOCK TYPE PADLOCK HAVING DOUBLE REMINDING FUNCTION - A lock includes a housing, a locking mechanism and an indicator. The locking mechanism is disposed in the housing and includes a first module and a second module both configured to lock or unlock the lock. The indicator is able to move from an original position to an indicative position outside the housing in response to operation of the first module. However, when being located in the indicative position, the indicator is unresponsive to the operation of the first module. | 01-19-2012 |
20120073337 | PADLOCK - A padlock can be unlocked by an owner dialing an unlocking number or security personnel using a general key. The padlock includes a housing, a block, a shackle, a general locking device and a private locking device. The housing includes a first channel and a second channel therein. The block is inserted in the second channel. The block includes a receptacle therein. The shackle includes a long arm movably disposed in the first channel and a short arm for engagement with the receptacle of the block. The general locking device is disposed in the housing for locking and unlocking the long arm of the shackle. The private locking mechanism is disposed in the housing for controlling the block so that the block can be engaged with and disengaged from the short arm of the shackle. | 03-29-2012 |
20120279264 | PADLOCK WITH INDICATION DEVICE - A padlock includes a housing, a shackle, a limit knob, a movable block and a lock core. The housing has an opening in a wall thereof. The shackle has a shaft portion movably mounted in the housing, and a locking portion extended from the shaft portion and located outside of the housing. The limit knob is partly received in the housing via the opening and has a button located outside of the housing. The movable block is disposed on the limit knob and capable of moving to a predetermined position which is outside of the housing. The lock core has a rotor configured to be driven by a key so as to move the limit knob to a first position where the button of the limit knob keeps the shackle from rotating and a second position where the button of the limit knob allows the shackle to rotate. | 11-08-2012 |
20130276486 | PADLOCK - A padlock can be unlocked by an owner dialing an unlocking number or security personnel using a general key. The padlock includes a housing, a block, a shackle, a general locking device and a private locking device. The housing includes a first channel and a second channel therein. The block is inserted in the second channel. The block includes a receptacle therein. The shackle includes a long arm movably disposed in the first channel and a short arm for engagement with the receptacle of the block. The general locking device is disposed in the housing for locking and unlocking the long arm of the shackle. The private locking mechanism is disposed in the housing for controlling the block so that the block can be engaged with and disengaged from the short arm of the shackle. | 10-24-2013 |
20140047872 | Dual-Key Lock - A dual-key lock includes a lock body and a dual-key lock mechanism. The dual-key lock mechanism includes a spindle for receiving a first key and a second key which can unlock the dual-key lock mechanism. While the spindle is operated by the first key, the spindle is configured to move from an original position to an indicative position and stay in the indicative position. And, while the spindle is operated by the, second key, the spindle is further configured to return from the indicative position into the original position. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047873 | Lock - A lock comprises a lock casing, a shackle, an indicating device and a button component. The shackle is Movably disposed on the lock casing. The indicating device is disposed in the lock casing, and moves from one original position to an indicating position with respect to the lock casing. The button component connects to the indicating device for restricting the movement of the shackle, the button component moves from a first position to a second position, for enabling the indicating device to move from the indicating position back to the original position. | 02-20-2014 |
20140047879 | Lock with a Rotational Indicator of Status - A lock includes a body, a key-operable locking mechanism and a rotational indicator. The locking mechanism includes a spindle and a block. The spindle includes a key hole in an end and is connected, at another end, to the block to allow the block to be rotated from a locking position to an unlocking position. The indicator is disposed in the lock body, and includes, at a front end, a recess for receiving the block. With the indicator in the original position, as the block is rotated to the unlocking position, the block pushes a first side wall of the recess of the indicator to rotate the indicator to an indicating position. When the indicator is in the indicating position, a space is defined between a second side wall of the recess of the indicator and the block, and the block is moved in the space. | 02-20-2014 |
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20080269972 | OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an obstacle detection device, adapted for an autonomous mobile system, which comprises: a conducting wire, a first unit and a second unit. The first unit further comprises a first conducting part, electrically connected to an end of the conducting wire; and the second unit further comprises a second conducting part, electrically connected to another end of the conducting wire other than that connecting to the first conducting part. As an abnormality, such as the autonomous mobile system comes into contact with an obstacle, or misses a step, is happening and detected by the obstacle detection device, a reactive force will be generated to force the two conducting parts to contact with each other so as to enable an electrical conduction for issuing an electrical signal to the control unit of the autonomous mobile system and thus enabling the autonomous mobile system to react with respect to the abnormality. | 10-30-2008 |
20090170057 | BODY INTERACTIVELY LEARNING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A body interactively learning method is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: turning on the power of a body interactively learning apparatus while selecting an operation mode for the same; attaching a motion sensor of the body interactively learning apparatus onto body of a user; using the motion sensor to detect vibrations of the body and consequently sending the detected vibration signals to a processing unit; enabling the processing unit to perform an evaluation for determining whether the vibration signals are valid. With the aforesaid method and apparatus, the user is able to use the valid vibration signals to control a proceeding of an audio/video content that is stored in a data storage unit of the apparatus selected from the group consisting of: playing the audio/video content, pausing the playing of the audio/video content, recording the audio/video content, setting pause points in the audio/video content, searching the pause point of the audio/video content, and changing playing speed of the audio/video content, and responding interactively to the audio/video content. In an exemplary embodiment, the user can either stop the playing of the audio/video content by pressing a stop button of the apparatus or by moving his/her body to generate a specific vibration signal. | 07-02-2009 |
20100165116 | CAMERA WITH DYNAMIC CALIBRATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A camera with dynamic calibration and a method thereof is provided. The camera is first subject to an initial calibration. Then, a motion amount of the camera is calculated, and a plurality of motion amount estimation samples of the camera is generated according to the motion amount. Then, a weight of each of the motion amount estimation samples is calculated. Thereafter, the plurality of motion amount estimation samples is re-sampled based on the weights, and the camera is calibrated by the re-sampled estimated motion samples. | 07-01-2010 |
20110123135 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF MAPPING AND LOCALIZATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A mapping method is provided. The environment is scanned to obtain depth information of environmental obstacles. The image of the environment is captured to generate an image plane. The depth information of environmental obstacles is projected onto the image plane, so as to obtain projection positions. At least one feature vector is calculated from a predetermined range around each projection position. The environmental obstacle depth information and the environmental feature vector are merged to generate a sub-map at a certain time point. Sub-maps at all time points are combined to generate a map. In addition, a localization method using the map is also provided. | 05-26-2011 |
20120264095 | EMOTION ABREACTION DEVICE AND USING METHOD OF EMOTION ABREACTION DEVICE - An emotion abreaction device including a body, a control unit, a man machine interacting module and an emotion abreaction unit is provided. The control unit, the man machine interacting module and the emotion abreaction unit are disposed in the body. The man machine interacting module is electrically connected to the control unit for the user to select an emotion abreaction mode. The emotion abreaction unit is electrically connected to the control unit and has at least one sensor to measure force and/or volume for the user to abreact by knocking and/or yelling. Moreover, a using method of an emotion abreaction device includes turning on the emotion abreaction device, and then, responding to the user with a voice and/or an image according to the sensing result of the magnitude of the volume and/or the force after the user knocks and/or yells to an emotion abreaction unit of the emotion abreaction device. | 10-18-2012 |
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20120112898 | PROGRAMMABLE TIRE-CONDITION SENSOR HAVING A FLEXIBLE SHELL, ITS INSTALLATION METHOD AND A TIRE CARRYING SAME - A programmable tire-condition sensor includes a control module, which includes a circuit board carrying a battery, a power switch, a processor, a memory, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, an acceleration sensor, a voltage sensor, a transmission interface unit and a connection port, and a flexible shell that has a surface area greater than the circuit board, an uplifted area on the middle, an opening, a switch accommodation hole for accommodating the power switch and a connection port accommodation hole for accommodating the connection port. A vehicle tire is also disclosed having installed therein the programmable tire-condition sensor, and a method is still also disclosed for installing the programmable tire-condition sensor in a vehicle tire. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114996 | BATTERY HOLDER, BATTERY ARRAY USING SAME - A battery array includes at least one battery holder, multiple battery cells and at least one electrode plate. The battery holder includes multiple block members and multiple clamps. Each block member has one sidewall thereof connected to one sidewall of another block member. Each clamp is fastened one sidewall of each of two adjacent block members to secure the two block members together. Each battery cell has its one end accommodated in one block member of the battery holder. The electrode plate is fastened to two adjacent battery cells to electrically connect the two battery cells. Thus, different number of block members can be used with a respective number of clamps to form different shapes of battery holders for assembling different battery arrays having different configurations or different electrical power. The invention relates also to the construction of the battery holder. | 05-10-2012 |
20120198940 | OIL PRESSURE SENSOR - An oil pressure includes a housing, a pressure sensing unit mounted in the housing and a first signal generator. Because the pressure sensing unit is provided with a pusher and an elastic piece that is able to uniformly receive a force exerted from the pusher such that the pusher can uniformly drive a swing member of the first signal generator, the oil pressure sensor can output an accurate oil pressure signal. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204634 | THE PRESSURE SENSOR AND NOZZLE ASSEMBLY - An assembly includes a nozzle having a curved contact surface curvedly and downwardly extending from two opposite sides of a linear top ridge of the nozzle, a tire pressure sensor having a connection groove with a curved contact surface complementary in shape to and slidable relative to the curved contact surface of the nozzle, and a bolt for fastening the nozzle with the tire pressure sensor. The curved contact surface of the nozzle is slidably movable relative to the curved contact surface of the tire pressure sensor along a specific direction reciprocally so as to adjust a relative connection angle between the sensor and the nozzle and the nozzle is prohibited to move in the connection groove along other directions. Therefore, the work of using the bolt to fasten the tire pressure sensor to the nozzle can be done easily. | 08-16-2012 |
20120218096 | BLANK TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE AND ITS SETUP METHOD - A blank tire pressure monitoring device includes a housing having an air valve at one end and connection terminals at an opposite end, a circuit board mounted in the housing and carrying a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, an acceleration sensor, an analog-digital converter electrically connected with the pressure sensor, the temperature sensor and the acceleration sensor, a general purpose I/O terminal unit electrically connected with the connection terminals of the housing; an embedded microcontroller module electrically connected with the general purpose I/O terminal unit and the analog-digital converter and having built therein a flash memory, a microcontroller core and a special-function register controller, a LF receiver electrically connected to the embedded microcontroller module, and a transmitter electrically connected to the embedded microcontroller module; and a method is still also disclosed for setting up a blank tire pressure monitoring device. | 08-30-2012 |
20120222477 | TERMINAL ENCAPSULATED TIRE MONITORING DEVICE - A terminal encapsulated tire monitoring device electrically connectable with at least one contact of a read-write tool is disclosed to include a housing, a sensor unit mounted in the housing and consisting of a circuit board and a plurality of terminal connection portions, a plurality of conducting terminals partially embedded in the housing each having a first contact end electrically connectable by one contact of the read-write tool and a second contact end electrically connected to one terminal connection portion of the sensor unit. | 09-06-2012 |
20130009762 | TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR AND NOZZLE ASSEMBLY - A tire pressure sensor and nozzle assembly includes a tire pressure sensor, a nozzle and a fastener for fixing the tire pressure sensor and the nozzle together. The tire pressure sensor has a mount provided with a coupling hole into which a coupling post of the nozzle is inserted. The faster penetrates into the mount and is fixed with the coupling post in such a way that the fastener extends along a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the coupling post, such that the tire pressure sensor and the nozzle can be firmly coupled with each other. | 01-10-2013 |
20130141229 | EASY-TO-USE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE - An easy-to-use tire pressure monitoring device includes a housing having an air valve at one end thereof, and a circuit board mounted inside the housing and carrying a processor and memory unit, a pressure sensor electrically coupled to the processor and memory unit, a temperature sensor electrically coupled to the processor and memory unit, an acceleration sensor electrically coupled to the processor and memory unit, a low-frequency transmitter interface and a radio-frequency transmitter interface electrically coupled to the processor and memory unit, a battery pack and a trigger sensor coupled to the air valve and the processor and memory unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130204486 | TOUCH-CONTROL TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICE AND ITS SETTING METHOD - A touch-control tire pressure sensor device includes a housing holding an air nozzle at one side thereof, a circuit board accommodated in the housing and carrying a processor and memory unit having electrically coupled thereto a pressure sensor unit, a temperature sensor unit, an acceleration sensor unit, a LF transmission interface and a RF transmission interface for transmitting a sensed signal to an on-vehicle main unit, a battery pack providing the circuit board with the necessary working voltage, and a conducting plate having one end connected to the touch sensor IC and an opposite end kept in contact with the air nozzle. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204548 | TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICE AND ITS SETTING METHOD - A tire pressure sensor device setting method includes the steps of: providing a setting tool and selecting a control program to be downloaded, providing a tire pressure sensor device, driving an infrared transmitter of the setting tool to encode the selected control program into an infrared signal and to transmit the infrared signal to an infrared receiver of the tire pressure sensor device, enabling the tire pressure sensor device to transmit a feedback signal to the setting tool wirelessly to stop the setting tool from transmitting the infrared signal, and enabling a processor and memory unit of the tire pressure sensor to decode the received infrared signal into a decoded control program and to store the decoded control program in a memory thereof. | 08-08-2013 |
20140361884 | TPMS Setting Tool - A TPMS setting tool includes a housing carrying a display unit and an input device on the outside and a circuit hoard and a power supply device on the inside, the power supply device and the circuit board being electrically coupled together to provide the TPMS setting tool with the necessary working power supply. The housing has a receptacle provided at one side thereof and a connection port with multiple pins mounted inside the receptacle for the connection of a TPMS, enabling the desired communication protocol and ID code to be written into the inserted TPMS. | 12-11-2014 |